London: Saina Nehwal won India its third medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games, after being declared the winner in the women's badminton play-off for the bronze medal after her Chinese opponent Wang Xin withdrew with an injured knee.
Wang, the World No. 2, won the first game despite the injury she suffered at the end of the first game. She won the first game 21-18, but before claiming the final point, she strained her knee. Wang received medical attention before claiming the game, but broke down soon into the second game " with the score 1-0 in her favour - before she hobbled off the court.
The fourth seeded Indian had saved four game points in a dramatic fightback in the first game and was 18-20 when left-handed Xin twisted her knee while going for an acrobatic smash from the baseline. She took on-court treatment for the injury after that.
However, she was back on the court after wrapping her left knee in bandage and immediately attacked Saina's serve to win the point and the game to be 1-0 up....
more
06:53 PM, Aug 04, 2012
Moscow: Czech striker Milan Baros has retired from international football, national team spokesman Jaroslav Kolar said on Friday. Baros, 30, played in all four of the Czech Republic's games at Euro 2012 before they exited with a 1-0 defeat to Portugal on Thursday. "After the game, Baros told his teammates that his time representing the country was over," Kolar was quoted as saying by website sport.cz. ."Everyone stood up and...
02:13 PM, Jun 22, 2012
New Delhi: Former Army Chief General (Retired) VK Singh has been summoned by a Delhi court on July 20 in the Lt General (Retd) Tejinder Singh defamation case. Gen (Retd) VK Singh and four others have been summoned by the court to depose in the case on July 20. General (Retd) VK Singh is the first former Army chief to have been summoned by the court. Lt Gen (Retd) Tejinder...
04:25 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Chennai: A retired Army officer has been sentenced to life imprisonment for shooting dead 13-year-old Dilson in Chennai in July, 2011. Lieutenant Colonel (retired) Kandasamy Ramraj, who was pronounced guilty by a Chennai court on Friday, has also been convicted under the Arms Act for possessing a gun whose licence had expired. He has been sentenced to three years of jail under the Arms Act and also one year of...
12:07 PM, Apr 20, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought an appointment with Army Chief General VK Singh on his letter detailing the Rs 14 crore bribery offer to him by a former Army officer to clear the purchase of sub-standard all-terrain vehicles for the forces. CBI officers are likely to meet General Singh on Friday as the Army Chief is not in New Delhi. Lieutenant General (retired) Tejinder Singh,...
03:25 PM, Apr 12, 2012
New Delhi: A Delhi court recorded Lt General (Retired) Tejinder Singh's statement in the defamation case filed against Army Chief General VK Singh and four others on Tuesday. Denying allegations against him Lt Gen (Retd) Singh said, "The allegation that I offered bribe on behalf of Tatra and Vetra Ltd is absolutely false and ill-founded. I was absolutely devastated with this sudden attack on me by the Army headquarters. The...
01:15 PM, Apr 10, 2012
New Delhi: The CNN-IBN report on Indian Army's critical ammunition has shocked the Parliamentary defence panel. The members of the panel now want to summon Army Chief General VK Singh next week to explain. General Singh had listed some of the critical deficiencies in ammunition and equipment in a letter to the Prime Minister that was later leaked. A CNN-IBN investigation shows that the problem could be much worse than...
07:57 AM, Apr 06, 2012
New Delhi: Days after his explosive media interviews, Army chief General VK Singh has named Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh in his complaint to the CBI as the person who offered him a Rs 14 crore bribe to clear a tranche of nearly 600 "sub-standard" trucks. He has assured the agency of providing more material about the alleged bribe offer very soon, CBI sources said. Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh,...
08:54 PM, Mar 31, 2012
New Delhi: Lieutenant General (Retired) Tejinder Singh has filed a writ petition in the Delhi High Court requesting it to issue directions to the Government of India and the Indian Army to withdraw the March 6 press release in which he has says serious allegations were levelled against him. The petition calls for action against the five serving Army officers including Army Chief General VK Singh, who Lieutenant General (Retired)...
11:09 AM, Mar 30, 2012
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has begun its investigations into the bribe allegations made by Army Chief General VK Singh. Sources have told CNN-IBN that a team of CBI officers is expected to meet General Singh when he returns from an official tour in Srinagar on Friday. The CBI has begun its investigations into the bribe allegations. A tape of the alleged incident, whose veracity is to...
10:15 AM, Mar 28, 2012
Nagpur: Former Army Chief General VP Malik has observed that India must step up the vigil along the Chinese border in Arunachal Pradesh as its eastern neighbour might try to "forcefully occupy" Indian territories. "India should remain vigilant from evil designs of China which may forcibly occupy some of the territories in north west and in Arunachal Pradesh," he said. Malik was speaking at a function here last night. "India...
03:30 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Former deputy Army chief Lieutenant General (Retired) Raj Kadyan said General VK Singh's position was untenable and he should quit. ...
11:42 PM, Feb 10, 2012
Retired Air Marshal PS Ahluwalia said Army Chief General VK Singh should settle the matter amicably. ...
12:03 PM, Feb 03, 2012
Pune: The CBI has filed a case against two retired Army officials including a Lt Gen and a private builder for alleged cheating and criminal misconduct in settling a dispute involving defence land in Pune. The CBI case comes after a complaint by the Defence Ministry. According to the CBI, retired Lt Gen Thamburaj, and retired Defence Estate Officer SR Nayyar showed undue favors to Pune-based Kalpataru builders. The company...
10:46 AM, Feb 01, 2012
Lahore: The sacking of Defence Secretary Lt Gen (retired) Khalid Naeem Lodhi by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was challenged in a Pakistani court on Thursday. Lawyer Azhar Siddique filed a petition in the Lahore High Court that contended that Gilani's sacking of the Defence Secretary violated government rules. "The removal of Lodhi is an attempt to create a confrontation between the institutions. He has been removed without giving any...
11:40 PM, Jan 12, 2012
Retired Air Commodore KK Badhwar turned citizen journalist to fight for his honour. ...
09:34 PM, Aug 06, 2011
Islamabad: A former aide-de-camp of former military ruler Pervez Musharraf allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself in the head in his residence, his family has said. The body of Major (retired) Syed Tanveer Ali was found in his flat in Sector F-11 in the heart of Islamabad on Thursday. He retired from the army in 2004. The administration of a private hospital informed police that it had received Ali's body...
11:12 AM, Jun 24, 2011
New Delhi: India and Pakistan failed to reach a consensus on the long pending Siachen glacier issue during the Defence Secretaries meeting held on Tuesday after a gap of three years. The Defence secretaries of Pakistan and India also released a joint statement on Siachen. Both sides acknowledged that the ceasefire has been on since November 2003 and agreed to continue discussions in a meaningful, result oriented manner. India and...
03:06 PM, May 31, 2011
Retired eight years ago, Bhgawan Nagarkoche took up the position of a physical instructor at this Sainik School to discipline marathon hopefuls. ...
10:45 AM, Aug 15, 2010
Police said two assailants shot dead the retired officer Ilango and his wife. ...
02:33 AM, Aug 25, 2009
